A380 NEWS

Emirates is recruiting experienced captains for its fleet of Airbus A380

AIR TRANSPORT | AEROCONTACT | Tue, Oct 3^rd 2023 |

Emirates, the Dubai-based airline, has announced a global recruitment campaign to welcome experienced Airbus captains. This initiative is part of the continued expansi...

Qantas' first Airbus A380 ferried to Australia in preparation for its return to service next year

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Nov 11^th 2021 |

Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), the MRO joint venture between ST Engineering and Airbus, announces that it delivered an A38...

Air France phase-out its entire Airbus A380 fleet

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, May 20^th 2020 |

Air France-KLM announced Wednesday the "definitive end" of operations of the world's biggest commercial airliner, the A380, owing to the devastating coronavirus impact on air travel.As the pandemic has slashed all tr...

First Airbus A380 to be converted as "Preighter" by Lufthansa Technik

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, May 7^th 2020 |

The need for auxiliary freighters continues to increase. Lufthansa Technik, the MRO subsidiary of Lufthansa Group has announced that it has been awarded a technical su...

Lufthansa Technik also joins forces with Safran for MRO on Airbus A380 landing gear

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Mar 11^th 2020 |

Lufthansa Technik wants to become the reference MRO company for servicing A380 landing gear. On 4th March, the compan...

Airbus strengthens its dedicated services activity in the Middle East

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Nov 28^th 2019 |

In addition to the multiple commercial aircraft contracts signed by Airbus, the Dubai Airshow also provided the European aircraft manufacturer an ideal opportunity to ...

Collins Aerospace signs a major contract with Lufthansa Technik for Airbus A380 landing gear

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Oct 31^st 2019 |

Collins Aerospace Systems (UTC) and Lufthansa Technik took advantage of the MRO Europe exhibition in London to reveal...

Air France-KLM profits nosedive on strong dollar and A380 withdrawal

AIR TRANSPORT | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Oct 31^st 2019 |

Net profits at French-Dutch airline Air France-KLM fell by more than half in the third quarter, hit by a stronger dollar and the withdrawal from service of the A380 s...

MRO Asia-Pacific: ANA signs with Safran Nacelles for its Airbus A380 fleet

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Oct 2^nd 2019 |

Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) took the opportunity of the MRO Asia-Pacific ehibition in Singapore to sign an exclusive contract with Safran Nacelles to maintain the...

MRO: Châteauroux-Déols airport will have its giant hangar at the end of 2020

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Sept 18^th 2019 |

Marcel Dassault international airport in Châteauroux took advantage of the 30th World Aerobatic Championships (WAC 2019) two weeks ago to confirm the construction of a...

Konnichiwa! All Nippon Airways receives its initial A380

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AEROCONTACT | Thu, Mar 21^st 2019 |

ANA becomes Japan’s first carrier with Airbus’ double-deck jetliner and joins airlines that use A380s to serve the Tokyo Narita – Honolulu routeJapan...

Boeing lands huge British Airways order after A380's demise

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Feb 28^th 2019 |

British Airways announced a multi-billion dollar order for up to 42 Boeing 777 fuel-efficient passenger jets on Thursday, just two weeks after Airbus said it would no...

Airbus pulls plug on costly A380 superjumbo as sales plummet

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Feb 14^th 2019 |

European aerospace giant Airbus said Thursday that it would stop building its A380 superjumbo, the double-decker jet which earned plaudits from passengers but failed ...

Airbus' iflyA380 app for smarter travel now available for Android users

AIR TRANSPORT | AEROCONTACT | Wed, Aug 1^st 2018 |

Airbus has released an Android version* of the iflyA380 app, already available for iOS users, bringing the experience of flying on the iconic A380 to even more passeng...

The first two A380s will be dismantled

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Wed, Jun 20^th 2018 |

For the last year now the Dr Peters group has been seeking to give a second life to the A380s which Singapore Airlines has withdrawn from service. The axe has just fallen for the two aircraft stored at Tarbes: they wi...